Stef's bit on the side... Ruby

[Stef205]

As some of you know ive got a bit on the side atm Shes called ruby and weve owned her for about 4 years now. Shes a phase 2 106 gti in cherry red. We found her locally and the other half fell in love straight away and there was no mistaking that she was the one. She wasnt brilliant and knew that she was going to need some work, I had to use my best negotiating skills to secure a good deal on her with the current owner so after a thrill ride in the 205 the owner agreed to come down to my price.
This is how she stood
 


It was noticeable that she hadnt had any care in awhile but we were along for the ride.

We got it back to the workshop where we could begin going over it.

Max insisted that he helped.

 

Over the next few months i got stuck in, first job was to repair both rear inner wings as they were about to go a common place on the 106. I decided to remove the rear beam and give that a full refurb while it was off.



 


Got it all welded up within a few hours






Refitted the axle and got it back on the floor. I then fitted and new belt kit and gave it a full service, we also managed to find a brand new magnex system for it and got that fitted along with a new cat.
Got it through mot with ease and then let the other half drive it around and enjoy it for while.

It wasnt long before more modification came along such as new tinted rear lights, angle eye headlights, repainted cyclones and a good detail from a friend.





We had been having issues with the cam covers leaking oil despite resealing it and id finally had enough of it so i snapped up some later jp4 covers which sorted it.




She was getting abit fed up of the cyclones so i managed to snap up some fairly new speedline chronos and i had some 6 calipers in the shed that we fitted with some new discs and pads at the same time.



We took her to pugfest for the first time and got a fair bit of attention which was nice but after we decided that we would do something about the 50 shades of red. Luckily i had a friend that was a sprayer and wanted abit of extra cash before he moved and started his job at mc claren.

Over the next few weeks i got pictures of his progress.



She turned out amazing and couldnt of wished for a better job! I had also surprised the other half with some morette headlights that she had been looking for for ages. I fitted them with some new lamps and painted them black.


She was over the moon with them and with the paint job.

This really brings me upto date with her shes not amazingly fast or anything but is all it needs to be, she enjoys going to shows and enjoys cleaning it normally once a week   keeps me busy and her happy.

Stef